Gil

Gil Gunderson is a non-controllable character, (NPC) that randomly appears in the player's Springfield to offer the player special limited-time deals to encourage the purchase of Donuts. If Gil's offer contains items that cannot be purchased multiple times, like the Springfield Sign or the Volcano Lair, and if the player already possesses at least one of those items, Gil will not show in that player's town.

"Celebrate consumerism with this holiday inspired theme park and tree!"

The Christmas Special deal would allow the player to purchase Santa's Village for its standard price of 200, but would also include a free Holiday Tree, normally worth 75. It went from December 19–22, 2012.

From August 4–11, 2014, Gil offered two new donut deals. The first was a Dumpster full of Donuts (containing 576) plus a Premium Mystery Box guaranteed to contain one of 13 specially selected premium buildings. The Premium Mystery Box offered players an equal chance to win a premium building. If a player already owned one of the unique premium buildings, their prize would be substituted with either Lard Lad Donuts or Ferris Wheel.

The second donut deal was a specially priced Tray of Donuts plus 10000.

From August 13–18, 2014, Gil offered a new deal including Otto and the School Bus, Tetherball, Monkey Bars and See-Saw for 70. This would normally cost 140 for the premium items and 1520 for the non-premium items.

"Buy limited time sale items and get donut rebates right on the spot!"

From November 28 to December 1, 2014, during the Thanksgiving 2014 Event, Gil would sell one premium item for an hour with a rebate. The time between deals varied. After spending the full amount, the player would receive a certain number of donuts back based on the cost of the item (at least 20%).

From June 12–15, 2015, during the End of School Promotion 2015, Gil gave the player the possibility to purchase several premium items while getting back some of the Donuts required to buy them. Each item was only available for 24 hours. Once a new day started, the items from the previous one couldn't be purchased anymore. This also applied for the permanent items, as they were removed from their usual categories in the store for the duration of the sale.

“New Oktoberfest deals each day! Plus get beer-absorbing donuts back with every purchase!”

From September 30 to October 6, 2015, during the Oktoberfest 2015 Promotion, Gil gave the player the possibility to purchase several premium items while getting back some of the Donuts required to buy them. Most of the items were only available for 48 hours.

"Limited-time deals every hour! Get donuts back with every purchase! This can't go wrong for Ol' Gil!"

From November 27 to 30, 2015, during the Black Friday 2015 Promotion, Gil offered dozens of premium items with the guarantee that donuts would be returned after the purchase, and each item was only available for an hour, although they did repeat. The final item offered was a new item.

“Gil's got a bunch of great deals in honor of the start of the allergy season!”

From April 13 to 19, 2016, during the Spring Cleaning 2016 Promotion, Gil gave the player the possibility to purchase several premium items while getting back some of the Donuts required to buy them. Most of the items were only available for 48 hours.